Apple Is Now Dead To Me

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Post by mikecane » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 7:53 PM UTC

Apple Is Now Dead To Me
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Re: Apple Is Now Dead To Me

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Post by marknutter » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 7:59 PM UTC

I don't see Amazon offering Apple's ebooks on the kindle.

Re: Apple Is Now Dead To Me

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Post by ddemchuk » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:12 PM UTC

Apple provides a content distribution platform connected to a network of millions of devices, of course they're going to take a cut of revenue generated on their network

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Post by Tycho » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:24 PM UTC

I suppose taken to the extreme, someone could just sell a 'myAppStore' app in the Apple AppStore, and then use that to sell Apps without giving apple anything. Obviously that wouldn't do. Similar principle with the iBooks store.

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Post by ebiester » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:25 PM UTC

marknutter wrote: post #2

I don't see Amazon offering Apple's ebooks on the kindle.

That has more to do with Apple. There is nothing stopping you from putting other .txt and .mobi files (as an example) on your Kindle.

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Post by baguasquirrel » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:30 PM UTC

Talk about sour grapes. Seriously. Where is the content in this article?

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Post by j_baker » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:31 PM UTC

Based on other content on this site, it sounds as though Apple was already dead to this author.

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Post by technomancy » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:33 PM UTC

ebiester wrote: post #5

marknutter wrote: post #2

I don't see Amazon offering Apple's ebooks on the kindle.

That has more to do with Apple. There is nothing stopping you from putting other .txt and .mobi files (as an example) on your Kindle.

Indeed; my Kindle has no books from Amazon on it; it's all .mobi and .txt files I've loaded in myself. That's what makes it such a great device: I get to choose what I load onto it.

Re: Apple Is Now Dead To Me

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Post by tptacek » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:34 PM UTC

technomancy wrote: post #8

ebiester wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That has more to do with Apple. There is nothing stopping you from putting other .txt and .mobi files (as an example) on your Kindle.

Indeed; my Kindle has no books from Amazon on it; it's all .mobi and .txt files I've loaded in myself. That's what makes it such a great device: I get to choose what I load onto it.

It really sucks that I can't put .mobi and .txt files on my iPad. Damn you, Apple!

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Post by eddieplan9 » Tue, Feb 15, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

That's very different from what the press release said this morning on App Store [http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/02/15appstore.html]:

“Our philosophy is simple—when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent and Apple earns nothing,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

In other words, for Kindle, if a new subscriber registered through channels other than the Kindle iOS App, then Apple does not take a cut.